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November 9, 2011
— doubles as an excellent meme IQ test #
— “But I had to come back. That’s where all the people are.” via twitter.com #
— loving the Reddit vs. 4chan arguments in the comments #
— quick, someone show this to Gregg Gillis #
November 8, 2011
— new game by Bennett Foddy, the creator of GIRP and QWOP; meant for two players, but the training mode is fun #
— a good time to re-read Steve Jobs’ thoughts on Flash #
— “we have tasted of the blogroll and the lolcat and found that they were good” #
November 7, 2011
— Jason Shiga’s mind-expanding puzzle comic ported to iOS by interactive fiction legend Andrew Plotkin #
November 6, 2011
— try holding shift to auto-trigger clips, or ctrl to queue them via musicmachinery.com #
November 3, 2011
— thoughts from its founder; related: Mihai’s history of social features in Reader #
— “Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes” #
November 2, 2011
— future killing machine from Boston Dynamics, the creators of BigDog via Kottke #
November 1, 2011
— I redesigned the site as a community-driven database; related: I did some analysis of the meme in my new Wired column #
October 31, 2011
— bookmarklet finds original images using Google Image Search’s reverse lookup #
— history of L.A. in film, made almost entirely from existing film footage via movingimagesource.us #
October 28, 2011
— the grandaddy of supercuts from 1995 is finally back online #
— sadly, there’s no way to share your games and it’s unlikely Apple will approve one #
— you may have seen her very clever sign via Boing Boing #
October 27, 2011
— I guess that explains why she hasn’t posted in five months #
— fascinating “surreal noir” interactive fiction where every metaphor becomes real via twitter.com #
— from the creator of Kern Type, a game of letterform design; I got 72/100 #
— Alexander Chen’s lovely interactive visualization of Bach’s Cello Suites, Prelude 1 #
— Brandon Boyer digs into Vimeo’s frustrating anti-game policy #
October 26, 2011
— includes preferences for room temperature, egg yolks, folk dances, and why not to buy him a parrot; I find this man fascinating #
— camgirls aren’t gone, they just moved to Stickam #
— as suspected, another judge found that the claims of extortion were unfounded #
— the protestor, an Iraq veteran, is in critical condition with a skull fracture #
— produced by Kirby Ferguson from Everything Is A Remix; please write to Congress to stop this awful bill #
— quite likely the best book trailer ever #
October 25, 2011
— gorgeous learning thermostat created by leaders of the iPod design team #
— Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner brings two eras of natural-language processing together #
— more of a brutally hard platformer than a metagame, but well made #
— he coined “artificial intelligence,” and invented Lisp and garbage collection; The Robot and The Baby from 2001 is worth reading #
— some stats pulled from the 10,975 messages from fans and friends via FlowingData #
October 22, 2011
— Grant Achatz was interviewed about the concept and creative menu via stellar.io #
October 21, 2011
— and again, only a week’s notice to save everything? really? #
October 20, 2011
— immaculate fan-remastered BBC broadcast, download the album #
— are shared linkblogs and all shared/starred posts really getting deleted with only a week’s notice? #
October 19, 2011
— much clearer images than the bootleg video of the live demo #
— bundling together 300+ indie games too small to warrant the $95 IGF entry fee via twitter.com #
— Aaron Koblin wrote about it; try hitting “H” for the control panel via twitter.com #
— incredibly creepy use of the Facebook API; Jenna Wortham interviews the creator #
October 18, 2011
— Caterina Fake on how founders propagate culture in their own image #
— “Like ducks? Jotly will show you big and little ducks!” via subtraction.com #
— Backgammon II, a racing game with WEPONS #
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